• fedupf
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  • Registered: 15 July 2010
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Topic: Neighbours have been taken to court 3 times but still here.

I have just moved into a ground floor flat, which is lovely but i have the neighbours from hell, the loud music & banging started as soon as i moved in, so i went up there 1 night & asked him to turn it down as my 4 yr old daughter was trying to sleep, he said that i had it in for him like the old neighbours, i found out that he has been to court for noise 3 times but has just been fined, he has 2 kids who are up banging all hours of the night, if i pursue mu complaint with this does anyone know if he could get evicted. im am slowly losing my temper, his oldest boy is ment to be in school but doesnt go coz he cant get up in the morning.
please help x

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  • Registered: 1 April 2010
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Re: Neighbours have been taken to court 3 times but still here.

If the neighbour owns the house, then he can't be evicted. The only alternative would be increasingly large fines, I guess. If the neighbour is living in a local authority or housing association property, then the council is likely to evict him, as constantly taking him to court is costing the tax-payer money! If he rents the house privately, then his landlord is equally responsible for the noise, and the council could remove their permission for the house to be let. In that case, the tenant would have to leave, but the landlord could still, in theory, live in the property himself.

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  • Registered: 1 April 2010
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Re: Neighbours have been taken to court 3 times but still here.

Exclusion would only apply to rented accommodation, though, surely, Mac? No one could be thrown out of their own home, unless it was into prison.

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  • Registered: 1 April 2010
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Re: Neighbours have been taken to court 3 times but still here.

Hiya Mac. I'm fine, thanks, although busy.  How I ever found time to work, I don't know!  And you?

As you say, if children are involved, it could be difficult, couldn't it?  Hmm, interesting. As far as my mum's neighbours are concerned, I suppose the tenants could be evicted (if it got to that stage), and the landlord refused permission to re-let it. And, since he obviously has a home elsewhere, then, in theory, he could be banned from living there himself.

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